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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war – the latest in a series of warnings he has delivered to the West in the two years since he launched his invasion of Ukraine. Western security analysts say Putin’s statements are designed to …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian police said on Wednesday they had launched an investigation into an assault on Leonid Volkov, the long-time aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after he was attacked outside his home in Vilnius. Volkov was attacked on Tuesday with tear gas and a hammer, suffering among other things …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Alexei Navalny’s long-time aide Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on Tuesday, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. “Volkov has just been attacked outside his house. Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting …

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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi OVER GAZA (Reuters) – As a U.S C-130 aircraft flew over the Gaza Strip to drop food to people facing famine, there were few visible signs of life in the jumbled rubble of what was a bustling urban jungle before the Israel-Hamas war. The plane descended to 3,000 feet over the Mediterranean …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday appeared resistant to overturning Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 conviction for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments by a lawyer for Maxwell that Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations used a new land route on Tuesday to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks as global pressure grows on Israel to allow more access to the coastal enclave amid a looming famine. Jamie McGoldrick, U.N. aid coordinator for the …

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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Slovakia’s capital Bratislava on Tuesday to show support for Ukraine and protest against the Slovak government, which critics say has veered too close to Russia. Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government has raised alarm among critics since taking power last October with its strong criticism …

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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers on Tuesday backed a security accord with Ukraine, after a debate that showed deep divisions over President Emmanuel Macron’s policy towards Kyiv. The 10-year security pact with Ukraine includes commitments by Paris to deliver more arms, train soldiers and send up to 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) …

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By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Uncertainty hung over Haiti’s political future on Tuesday after its prime minister said he would step down, a move welcomed by many Haitians exhausted by months of escalating gang violence, but with questions over security still to be settled. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, stranded in Puerto Rico, released a recorded …

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